Kushal Vijay — Software Engineer

I'm a Software Engineer at Microsoft. I build features for AI-powered 100M+users app and teach AI to people worldwide. Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft (M365 Copilot Android Team) - shipped performance improvements, built authentication systems, improved reliability for millions of users. Content Creator - I simplify AI Agents, GenAI, and tech careers for students and professionals. Mentored 12,000+ students. Spoke at PyCon Hong Kong 2022 and PyCon Japan 2025. WHAT I BUILD WITH AI/ML: AI Agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol), GenAI, ChatGPT integrations, Python automation Mobile: Android SDK, Kotlin, Java, MVVM, Coroutines, performance optimization Backend: Python (Django, Flask), Microservices, REST APIs Cloud: Microsoft Azure, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) COMMUNITY Delivered 50+ sessions at colleges across India. Active in hackathons, open source, and tech workshops. Based in Bangalore. Previously at StackGuardian (Series A funded startup). NIT Jalandhar grad. 🤝 Open to Collaborations - AI/ML product launches & reviews - Developer education & technical content - Tech career guidance & workshops - Speaking engagements (Previously: PyCon HK, PyCon JP) Collaborations: kushalvijay.business@gmail.com Code: github.com/KushalVijay | leetcode.com/KushalVijay Technical Skills Programming Languages: Python, C++, Java, Kotlin Backend: Django, Flask, Microservices, RESTful APIs Mobile Development: Android SDK, Kotlin, Java Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Databases: SQL, NoSQL (Azure Cosmos, DynamoDB, MongoDB) Core Concepts: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOP, MVVM, CI/CD, SDLC, Coroutines, Microservices Version Control & Collaboration: GitHub, Git Artificial Intelligence: AI Agents with Python, n8n, AI Tools, Low Code, No Code tools, MCP Servers 📈 Coding Profiles GitHub: github.com/KushalVijay CodeChef: codechef.com/users/kushal8118 GeeksforGeeks: geeksforgeeks.org/user/KushalVijay/profile LeetCode: leetcode.com/KushalVijay StopStalk: stopstalk.com/user/profile/kushal8118

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Software Engineer with expertise in AI and mobile development.

Location: Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Experience: 6 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Software Development
Ai Orchestration
Mobile Application Development
Backend Development
Microservices
Database Management

Career Highlights

Led AI orchestration for 200+ engineers at Microsoft.
Shipped performance improvements for 130M+ users.
Mentored over 12,000 students in AI and tech careers.

Work Experience

Microsoft

Software Engineer 2 (2 yrs 3 mos)

Software Engineer (2 yrs 8 mos)

Educative

Backend Development Educator (2 mos)

StackGuardian

Backend Engineer (8 mos)

Microsoft

Software Engineering Intern (2 mos)

Google Code-in

Google Code-in Mentor @TensorFlow (2 mos)

PrepBytes

Technical Content Writer Intern (3 mos)

Developer Student Clubs

Core Team Member (1 yr 2 mos)

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Python Programmer (2 mos)

Verzeo

Introductory Course in Machine Learning (2 mos)

Utkansh, NIT Jalandhar

UTKANSH ,NIT Jalandhar (2 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Intermediate at St. Stephen's Sr. Sec. School,Ajmer

Kushal Vijay

Software Engineer

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India6 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led AI orchestration for 200+ engineers at Microsoft.
Shipped performance improvements for 130M+ users.
Mentored over 12,000 students in AI and tech careers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Software Engineer with expertise in AI and mobile development.

Contact

vijaykushal8118@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentAi OrchestrationMobile Application DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentMicroservicesDatabase Management

Other Skills

AIAI AgentsAWSAWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)Amazon CognitoAmazon DynamoDBAmazon EC2Amazon ECSAmazon S3Amazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentAndroid SDKAzure Cosmos DBAzure DevOpsAzure Functions

About

Experience

6 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Currently building AI orchestration agents and productivity strategies for 200+ engineers across the organization as part of AI-assisted development initiatives.
Leading authentication performance optimization for M365 Copilot voice and text chat, implementing thread pool optimization, request serialization, token prefetching, and client-level caching, reducing token fetch latency by 78% for 130M+ MAU processing millions of daily enterprise requests.
Enhanced first-login Copilot Chat reliability by implementing prewarm strategy and early auth token fetch with MSAL cache layer, improving P95 chat tab visibility by 61% in internal rings and 22% in production.
Resolved critical authentication bottlenecks including native SO loading, Identity liblet initialization, network latency, and DB cache failures through cross-team collaboration with Auth, Shared Engineering, Broker, and OneAuth SDK teams in leadership-tracked initiative.
Shipped Fast Boot infrastructure for PDF file activation in M365 Copilot App, decoupling heavy singleton dependencies and enabling standalone rendering with minimal library loading, achieving 40% reduction in P95 local PDF open latency in production.

C++Software DevelopmentLarge Language Models (LLM)GitHub CopilotMobile Application DevelopmentAndroid Development+15

Software Engineer

Jul 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Shipped enhanced Sign-In experience for 130M monthly active M365 Android users by integrating Account Suggestion SDK, Optimized SSO discovery flow and Auth Error handling scenarios.
Designed Single Sign-On Optimization strategy with TSL auth token caching at MSAL layer, delivering significant results with ~95% improvement in account discovery.
Led M365 Android app authentication rebranding effort, partnering with multiple feature crews to redesign and ship Sign-In and SSO flows on schedule during complete app feature and UX transformation.
Reduced cloud file open unpacking failures by 15% and converted 18% of browser users to in-app users by implementing intelligent error handling for packed links, direct links, and safelinks across client implementation gaps, cross-tenant access, and access denial scenarios.
Developed cross-platform error-handling library in shared C++ for Android, iOS, Win32, and MacOS, addressing 7 critical error categories including expired tokens, policy non-compliance, work identity issues, and cross-tenant access scenarios.

C++Software DevelopmentSoftware Design PatternsMobile Application DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)+2

Educative

Backend Development Educator

Dec 2023 – Feb 2024 · 2 mos · Remote

Created this course on Integrating Swagger UI with Django REST API for the leaners across the globe.

Django REST FrameworkDjangoPython (Programming Language)Backend Development

Stackguardian

Backend Engineer

Aug 2020 – Apr 2021 · 8 mos · Munich, Germany · Remote

Led architecture design as core contributor to StackGuardian platform, implementing policy engine and deployment frameworks from ground up for IaC platform.
Architected scalable microservices including orchestration service, policy engine, marketplace, and deployment service using Python Django REST Framework for Infrastructure-as-Code platform serving enterprise beta customers.
Built robust backend infrastructure integrating AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Cognito to support authentication, authorization, database operations, and VM management for infrastructure provisioning workflows.

Django REST FrameworkData structures and AlgorithmsDjangoGithubPython (Programming Language)Web Development+6

Microsoft

Software Engineering Intern

May 2020 – Jul 2020 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana · Remote

Delivered 6x performance improvement for Product Lifecycle Management platform by implementing Azure Cosmos Graph DB-based READ and UPDATE services optimized for Bill of Materials dependencies, enabling sub-1-second queries with batch support for 500-1500 items.
Built paginated REST API with pipe-separated syntax for multiple item queries, decoupling read load from Aras pipeline to enable real-time data availability for Supply Chain teams while reducing maintenance overhead.

C++Data structures and AlgorithmsPython (Programming Language)Web DevelopmentMicrosoft AzureData Analysis+9

Google code-in

Google Code-in Mentor @TensorFlow

Nov 2019 – Jan 2020 · 2 mos

Mentored pre-university students (ages 13-17) in the global contest organized by Google annually for introducing teenagers to the world of open source.
Reviewed and Helped students to complete tasks designed by Org Admins.

Prepbytes

Technical Content Writer Intern

Oct 2019 – Jan 2020 · 3 mos

Written Technical Content around Data Structures and Algorithms, Designed Coding Problems for thousands of students learning from PrepBytes Platform.

Developer student clubs

Core Team Member

Mar 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Jalandhar Area, India

Organized, Participated and Attended Events, Seminars, Contests, Hackathons and Learning Sessions with the Team.

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Python Programmer

May 2018 – Jul 2018 · 2 mos

Successfully completed the course "Introduction to Programming with Python" under the supervision of Microsoft Training Associate.

Verzeo

Introductory Course in Machine Learning

May 2018 – Jul 2018 · 2 mos

Successfully Completed Training cum Internship in Machine Learning under Verzeo Edutech and Microsoft (Authorised Education Partner).
The course is for the introduction to the domain of Machine Learning. It's a 2 months long training cum internship program which taught us basic Machine Learning Algorithms, their implementation using sci-kit learn and from scratch also.